brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions. - RC-Monster Forums

nitrostarter · 08.08.2009, 12:01 PM

paralyzed- Come on now! I wasn't telling him to go through Fine. I even noted that he's a Douche!

I was simply giving him the idea's and pictures for a watercooling setup.

Ryu James · 03:18 PM

i bought a craftsman metric tap and die set on ebay 2 weeks ago and it has already come in very handy. i used it to tap and drill holes into a set of aluminum hinge pin braces and then screwed them to the chassis. they are just like the ones you can get on the rampagehopups site but they have been out of stock forever so i just made my own. i was amazed at how well they turned out. the 5mm screws go in very smoothly and perfectly. wish i would have bought one of these sets a long time ago. i used a 1/8" drill bit for the 4mm screws and 5/32" for 5mm screw holes and both worked perfect.

so i thought about tapping the pinion myself but i really want to get the holes straight and all i have for drilling is a cordless dewalt. i do plan to flatten one side of the motor shaft and then put 2 set screws in the pinion cuz it is very long.

RC-Monster Mike · 03:12 PM

Our mod 1.5 pinions use a 5mm set screw. 4mm set screws are used on the mod1 pinions. :)
Oh, and the project is looking good - I am anxious to see the finished truck. :)

Ryu James · 08.08.2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RC-Monster Mike

Our mod 1.5 pinions use a 5mm set screw. 4mm set screws are used on the mod1 pinions. :)
Oh, and the project is looking good - I am anxious to see the finished truck. :)

after i typed that i realized that. the reason i was thinking 4mm cuz the ramp uses 6mm screws and i thought they were 5mm so then i thought the smaller ones were 4mm. but i see both a 5mm and 6mm in the stock rampage drivetrain. i ended up using 6mm on this pinion only because i had 2 set screws the right size in 6mm. i didnt have any 5mm ones.

thanks for the feedback mike. btw, i still plan to use your pinions on this. i got the 12t only in case i am having heat issues. if i can get away with running 15t or 16t believe me, i will.

Ryu James · 03:24 PM

so i took your advice and Kaz and "grew a set" and drilled and tapped the pinion gear myself. its not perfectly straight but it went a lot better than i expected. here are some pics. you can see how long this gear is. i used 3/16" drill bit and 6mm x 1.00 tap. 6mm set screws go in perfect. fat little stubbies, they are!